Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for supplying and fixing snap connectors
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Application No.: US16951951Application Date: 2020-11-18
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Publication No.: US11376652B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Patrice Chevalier
- Applicant: Textiles Patlin inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Saint-Paulin
- Assignee: Textiles Patlin inc.
- Current Assignee: Textiles Patlin inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Saint-Paulin
- Agency: Benoit & Cote Inc.
- Agent Charles-André Caron
- Main IPC: B21J15/32
- IPC: B21J15/32 ; B21J15/14 ; B23P19/00 ; A47H15/04 ; A47H13/14 ; D03D1/06 ; A47H13/00

Abstract:
A system and method for feeding and fixing snap connectors of a ripple fold curtain system, in which a drum mixes loose snap connectors, successively introduced individually in an opening in the drum for letting one of the snap connectors out. The orientation of the one of the snap connectors is forced by having the opening have a height smaller than the width of the snap connectors. After travelling while maintaining their orientation aligned with motion, each snap connector is received in the same orientation at a receptacle comprising shoulders for retaining a larger portion of the one of the snap connectors, the receptacle retaining it at a definite location and maintaining the orientation. A rivet is positioned on that larger portion of the snap connector and snapped using a hammer of which the surface is parallel with the snap connector and underlying receptacle bottom surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210187590A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING AND FIXING SNAP CONNECTORS Public/Granted day:2021-06-24
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